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1 oimmune_disease Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body attacks its own cells. 1

2 /ency/article/ htm In patients with an autoimmune disorder, the immune system can't tell the difference between healthy body tissue and antigens. The result is an immune response that destroys normal body tissues. ents-and-families/about-pi/ are caused by errors in the genes of the cells that make up the immune system autoimmunediseases.html There are more than 80 types of autoimmune diseases 2

3 Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis Addison's disease Agammaglobulinemia Allergic asthma Allergic rhinitis Alopecia areata Amyloidosis Ankylosing spondylitis Anti-GBM/Anti-TBM nephritis Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) Autoimmune aplastic anemia Autoimmune dysautonomia Autoimmune hepatitis Autoimmune hyperlipidemia Autoimmune immunodeficiency Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) Autoimmune myocarditis Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ATP) Axonal & neuronal neuropathies Balo disease Behcet s disease Bullous pemphigoid Cardiomyopathy Castleman disease Celiac sprue (nontropical) Chagas disease Chronic fatigue syndrome Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) Churg-Strauss syndrome Cicatricial pemphigoid/benign mucosal pemphigoid Crohn s disea se Cogans syndrome Cold agglutinin disease Congenital heart block Coxsackie myocarditis CREST disease Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia Demyelinating neuropathies Dermatomyositis Devic disease Discoid lupus Dre ssler s syndrome Endometriosis Eosinophilic fasciitis Erythema nodosum Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis Evans syndrome Fibromyalgia** Fibrosing alveolitis Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) Goodpasture s syndrome Graves' disea se Guillain-Barre syndrome Hashimoto s disease Hemolytic anemia Henoch-Schonlein purpura Herpes ge stationis Hypogammaglobulinemia Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) IgA nephropathy Immunoregulatory lipoproteins Inclusion body myositis Insulin-dependent diabetes (type1) Interstitial cystitis Juvenile arthritis Juvenile diabetes Kawasa ki syndrome Lambert-Eaton syndrome Leukocytoclastic vasculitis Lichen planus Lichen sclerosus Ligneous conjunctivitis Linear IgA disease (LAD) Lupus (SLE) Lyme disease Meniere s disease Microscopic polyangiitis Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) Mooren s ulcer Mucha-Habermann disease Multiple sclerosis Myasthenia gravis Myositis Narcolepsy Neutropenia Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid Palindromic rheumatism Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) Parsonnage-Turner syndrome Pars planitis (peripheral uveitis) Pemphigus Peripheral neuropathy Perivenous encephalomyelitis Pernicious anemia POEMS syndrome Polyarteritis nodosa Type I, II, & III autoimmune polyglandular syndromes Polymyalgia rheumatica Polymyositis Postmyocardial infarction syndrome Postpericardiotomy syndrome Progesterone dermatitis Primary biliary cirrhosis Psoriasi s Psoriatic arthritis Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Pyoderma gangrenosum Pure red cell aplasia Raynauds phenomenon Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Reiter s syndrome Relapsing polychondritis Restless legs syndrome Rheumatic fever Rheumatoid arthritis Sarcoidosis Schmidt syndrome Scleritis Scleroderma Sjogren's syndrome Sperm & testicular autoimmunity Stiff person syndrome Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) Sympathetic ophthalmia Takayasu s arteritis Temporal arteritis/giant cell arteritis Thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) Autoimmune thyroid disease Tolosa-Hunt syndrome Transverse myelitis & necrotizing myelopathy Ulcerative colitis Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) Uveitis Vasculitis Vesiculobullous dermatosis Vitiligo Wegener s granulomatosis A Disease An Autoimmune Disease IS NOT An indiscriminate attack on the body s cells An immune system which can t distinguish between the body s healthy cells and antigens Solely genetic destiny An Auto Immune Disease.. IS A correct response of the body protecting you from additional toxins or inferior cells The body constantly replaces inferior or old cells. If the raw materials that the body uses to make new cells are toxic or acidic, the new cells will also be toxic. That is why the immune system keeps attacking the cells. 3

4 In the intestine there are villi and microvilli that suck up the nutrients from the bowel, allowing them to enter into the blood stream. These nutrients are what the body uses to make and replace cells. Clean Bowel Produces Healthy Cells Toxic Bowel Produces Less Than Healthy Cells 4

5 ph Out of Balance in the Bowel Produces Less Than Healthy Cells Yeast Overgrowth in the Bowel Produces Less Than Healthy Cells Urea NOT Filtered Out By The Kidneys Settle in Less Than Healthy Cells 5

6 Chemicals and toxins NOT Filtered Out By The Liver Settle in Less Than Healthy Cells Drink Clean Water Eat a diet full of fiber, raw vegetables and fruits Do cleanses Balance ph Keep Bowels Moving A Place to Start Flush out Eliminating system Quit consuming toxins i.e. Processed food, coffee, tea, soda, sugar and chemicals and unnecessary medications LEAKY GUT SYNDROME Permeability of the intestinal wall i.e. Leaky Gut Syndrome, where the toxins in the bowel are absorbed right into the blood stream and surrounding tissue without being filtered through the liver. 6

7 To help combat Leaky gut syndrome Clean bowel Add Probiotic Eleven Fiber Build mucosal lining Helps bowel become less porous QUESTIONS??? 7

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